16 And said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the women of the Hebrews, and see them on their [a]stools, if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then let her live.

17 Notwithstanding the midwives feared God, and did not as the King of Egypt commanded them, but preserved alive the men children.

18 Then the King of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done thus, and have preserved alive the men children?

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 1:16 Or, seats whereupon they sat in travail.

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